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And now, as a public service, SOWNY presents some of the bumper music you’re bound to hear on Monday, as stations in Ontario cover the much hyped solar eclipse. You’re welcome.
Of course, Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” is certain to be heard sometime over the next 24 hours, and likely more than once. But here are more tunes that are sure to be played as intros as the endless eclipse coverage continues over the next few hours.
I’m a bit of an oldies fan, so if anyone has a few more modern contemporary examples, feel free to add them in. Radio producers need all the help they can get!
Blinded By The Light – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
Good Morning Starshine – Oliver
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon – Paul Revere & The Raiders
Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
Here Comes The Sun – George Harrison
Moon Shadow – Cat Stevens
Eclipse – Pink Floyd
Long As I Can See The Light – CCR
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Dancing In The Moonlight – King Harvest
Dancing In The Dark – Bruce Springsteen
Twilight Time -The Platters
Dark Moon – Gale Storm
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me – Elton John
And, for a little CanCon, Daytime, Nighttime – Keith Hampshire
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Excellent list of tunes RA.
I'll add:
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
Shadows In the Moonlight by Anne Murray
My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light Em Up) by Fall Out Boy
and a perfect bumper song
Steal My Sunshine by Len
Last edited by betaylored (April 8, 2024 7:49 am)
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Have to give props to CFRB for finding one that had completely slipped my mind, likely because the lyrics are buried in the middle and not part of the title or otherwise terribly prominent.
It was in Carly Simon's "You're So Vain," where she sings about the vain guy going to Nova Scotia "to see the total eclipse of the sun."
It was perfect and I probably never would have thought of it.
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You are the sunshine of my life -- Stevie Wonder
You are my sunshine (my only sunshine) The Pine Ridge Boys
Bad Moon Rising Credence Clearwater
Sundown Gordon Lightfoot
Sunshine on my shoulders John Denver
Set the controls for the heart of the sun Pink Floyd again
Cold day in the sun Foo Fighters
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Total Eclipse of the Heart
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Good Day Sunshine, The Beatles
Moonlight Shadow, Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly
How Hight the Moon, Les Paul & Mary Ford
Moondance, Van Morrison
Spanish Eyes, Bert Kaempfert (Why? Its original title as an instrumental was "Moon Over Naples")
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